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of human bones, wrapped carefully up in cloth, and laid in the crevices of the rocks. We then left this spot, and Mr. Manning had the king's bones actually conveyed privately to his own house, where he still keeps them. In our tour we were extremely well treated by the natives, each striving who should be most attentive in bringing us roasted pigs, dogs, and powee (poi). They roast their dogs and pigs in a hole in the ground with heated stones, and rolled in leaves of the plaintain-tree; when cooked in this manner, their food, whether meat or fish, is delicious. They prepare the powee by baking the tarrow under ground in the same way, and when thoroughly baked they beat it up on a large flat stone, mixing water with it till they bring it to the consistency of starch; it is then put into calabashes and will keep for one or two months. This with raw fish is their favorite food, which they eat with their fingers, dipping them into the calabash and sucking the powee off. They have also a dish with a raw fish and some salt and water; they dip the fish into the salt and water, and, sucking it, pass it to the person next to them, and so on, till it goes round the company, consisting sometimes of a dozen persons. They are very fond of sea weed, and eat it with salt; shrimps, crabs, and all small fish they eat raw; dogs are considered a great delicacy, and are much dearer than pigs; a number of Europeans prefer dog to pig, declaring, that it is by far the most delicate. The dogs they eat are fed entirely on roots, and never allowed to touch meat. Every plantation we stopped at